Recognised as Colour

#14AA72

#14AA72
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Medium seagreen

#14AA72 is a cyan with RGB values 20, 170, 114 and HSL 158°, 79%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#14AA72#14AA72

HEX#14AA72

RGBrgb(20, 170, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.0784, 0.6667, 0.4471

RGB percentages7.8%, 66.7%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(157.6, 78.9%, 37.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(157.6, 88.2%, 66.7%)

CMYK88.2%, 0%, 32.9%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,354,354

CSS custom property--colour: #14AA72;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30113WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.02:1

Contrast with white2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#868686

Inverted#EB558D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A89C6Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#979076no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48 from the original

Tritanopia#00A99Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 6.6 Sea green · ΔE 14.3 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.8 Dark seagreen · ΔE 27.8 Light seagreen · ΔE 28.2 Forest green · ΔE 28.4

Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 6.61, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#AA144C

Analogous#14AA27, #1497AA

Triadic#7214AA, #AA7214

Split complementary#AA1497, #AA2714

Tetradic#2714AA, #AA144C, #97AA14

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#97F3D1

Lighter +30%#6AEDBC

Lighter +20%#3CE8A8

Lighter +10%#19D891

Darker −10%#0F7C53

Darker −20%#094F35

Darker −30%#042116

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00BE77

Less saturated −25%#2C926C

Channel breakdown

R20

G170

B114

Red20 (7.8%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue157.6°

Saturation (HSL)78.95%

Lightness37.25%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 14 · G AA · B 72

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